The ‘Legend’ of poker, Doyle “Texas Dolly” Brunson, is requesting the kind encouragement of all who hear his message to support a young cancer patient. Margaret Hussman, a 15-year-old girl and niece of Brunson’s long-time friend Ray Hibler, is suffering from what is being called incurable cancer.
Doyle Brunson has already found several posts about young Margaret on his online internet poker blog at DoylesRoom.com, and is asking anyone with concern for the teenager to email her with encouraging words. Her email address is anne@ddgoose.com.
Margaret was diagnosed with cancerous Wilms’ tumors in her right hip and the lower lobe of her right lung. Doctors say the tumors cannot be medically treated.
“There is a 15-year-old young lady named Margaret Hussman, a niece of a longtime friend, who has untreatable cancer, ” Wrote 75-year-old poker star Doyle Brunson on his play poker online blog. “My ex-roomate in college, Ray Hibler, called and asked me to write her an encouraging letter recounting my ‘terminal’ battle with cancer 55 years ago. Margaret is a poker enthusiast and I’m certainly going to call. She is trying to spend her remaining days doing something new and enjoyable. Send Margaret an e-mail at anne@ddgoose.com I know she will appreciate it. For all of us, there is no promise for tomorrow.”
According to his person profile, Doyle Brunson was diagnosed with cancer in 1962. The doctors gave him 3 months to live. Doyle currently has his own website, called PartyPoker.net and he can be found playing there 5 days a week.